Thursday's letters: The gift of life

Thursday

Apr 3, 2014 at 12:01 AM

The gift of life

To the editor: April is National Donate Life Month. Citizens are encouraged to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and celebrate those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. More than 120,000 people are waiting for lifesaving transplants, with more than 3,400 in North Carolina.

To the editor: April is National Donate Life Month. Citizens are encouraged to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and celebrate those who have saved lives through the gift of donation. More than 120,000 people are waiting for lifesaving transplants, with more than 3,400 in North Carolina.When you say yes to donation at the Division of Motor Vehicles, a red heart is added to your driver’s license. This heart is legally binding consent to being an organ and eye donor. The transplant procedure allows a subsequent open casket funeral if you so desire. Online registration is also possible at donatelifenc.org.By offering a kidney, lobe of a lung, portion of the liver, pancreas or intestine, living donors can offer their recipient an alternative to waiting on the national transplant waiting list for an organ from a deceased donor.Giving the gift of life to another person is one of the most meaningful things a person can do. Today, more than 6,000 living donors per year give the gift of life to another person. All major religions support organ, eye and tissue donation as an act of charity.On behalf of all of us needing transplants, we will be extremely grateful to those promoting organ donation awareness.Patty StarkBrevard

To the editor: We attended the GOP convention at the Opportunity House on March 22. Many left with the belief that the GOP has some great candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Sen. Kay Hagan, Democrat.However, after reading your article in Sunday’s edition, we find an imbalance. Aside from Congressman Mark Meadows, U.S. House/NC District 11, and Speaker Thom Tillis, N.C. House of Representatives, being named, one could take away from your reporting that there were only two candidates at the convention. May I inform you that there were other true conservatives fighting for principles of “we the people.”Candidates Greg Brannon, Ted Alexander and Jim Snyder running for the U.S. Senate seat were present. Brannon won the straw poll, which wasn’t published until Monday’s newspaper and was not printed on the front page of the Local and State section.If people want more information, they could go to www.dailyhaymaker.com, a conservative website. This is an informative, eye-opening site on N.C. candidates where the truth is published.Warren and Dolores NussHendersonville

To the editor: Lou Parris published the following in his column (March 21 edition): “Hillary Special: Two Thighs and a Left Wing.” Parris and the newspaper should be ashamed.If Mrs. Clinton were a male candidate for president, would you stoop to ridiculing his body?Tom CameronHendersonville